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...chief Richard Darman. As a top aide to Ronald Reagan, he was both an intellectual and a savvy technocrat. Yet the economist could be stubborn. After persuading Bush to reverse himself to reduce the deficit?a move that deeply damaged voters' trust and one that Bush called his biggest mistake???Darman maintained the error was tactical; the plan had just been badly presented. "I'm a long-term idealist and short-term realist," he said. Darman was 64 and had leukemia...
...were an underdog. Reagan, who invented the 11th Commandment, "Thou shall not criticize other Republicans," now speaks of a 12th Commandment, "Thou shalt not be overconfident." One reason for the caution is the fear among Reagan's associates that he will make a critical mistake???in the No. 1 cliché of the Reagan camp, "shoot himself in the foot." In addition, Reagan and his aides fully recognize Carter's power as an incumbent. They expect him to pull what they call "the October surprise," meaning that shortly before Election Day, he will inflate the importance of some overseas event...
...lifting and turning the other to screw in a light bulb, refusing a nail because it was turned the wrong way. In its new series, Big Bird helps Susan set the tableby putting the saucers on top of the cups. No child in the world would make that mistake??but every child delights in its ludicrousness...
...courier, rushing packets of pictures to be put aboard trains at Grand Central Terminal, was accosted by a breathless, officious youngster. "Hey, wait! The office made a mistake???let's see your bundle. Yeh?they put two in for the Hartford Courant instead of one. Okay, I'll take the extra one back to the office. S'long...
...pleasure he has given him except by letter ? and such letters form by far the pleasantest part of any author's mail, no matter how much said author may lie about it. If the reader doesn't like a book, is shocked, offended or proudly discovers some technical mistake???his injured feelings and his professional criticism must, too, be expressed at long distance. And let him have no fear of going unheeded?such letters are always read?and with painful attention. And then there are the letters, usually accompanied by manuscripts, lengthy manuscripts, from aspirants of from seven years...
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